The number of self-employed workers in the Netherlands reached 1.38 million in 2022, with the number of people in this type of employment steadily growing since 2010. The majority of Dutch workers who are self-employed are those with no employees, with over one million of them in 2021, compared with 313,000 who did have employees.
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Eurostat. (April 27, 2023). Number of self-employed workers in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by type of self-employment [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1208328/self-employment-in-the-netherlands/
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